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Late bogeys cost Tiger Woods

Holder Tiger Woods, striving to land his first major of the season, fell victim to gusting winds in the U.S. PGA Championship first round on Thursday.

The three-times winner briefly held a share of the lead at three under after making a fast start in stifling heat before dropping four shots on his homeward nine to shoot a one-over-par 71.

"I felt like I hit the ball better than my score indicates," Woods told reporters after finishing six strokes behind pacesetting Graeme Storm of Britain at Southern Hills Country Club.

"That's a good sign heading into the next three days.

"On the back nine I missed a couple of shots and also the wind was a little hard to gauge. It was swirling all over the place and cost me definitely one shot for sure. Good shots didn't always end up where we thought they would."

The hot favourite for the year's final major after cruising to an eight-shot victory at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday, Woods charged into a tie for the lead with three birdies in the first six holes.

He coolly rolled in a 10-footer to birdie his opening hole, the par-four 10th, picked up another shot at the par-five 13th after reaching the green in two and also birdied the 15th.

After doing well to salvage par at the 16th and 17th, he bogeyed the par-four 18th after finding a greenside bunker with his approach.

The 12-times major champion then dropped four more shots after the turn, along with a solitary birdie at the par-five fifth.

Woods has completed only three seasons without a grand slam title since turning professional in late 1996.

He went empty-handed in 1998 after embarking on the first swing change of his career and failed to claim a major in 2003 and 2004 while going through a second swing overhaul.

The American also had a fruitless major season in 1999 before clinching his first PGA Championship crown at Medinah.

Woods, who won last year's edition at Medinah by five shots, was not surprised to see John Daly's name in second place after the big-hitting American shot a 67.

"We all know JD is extremely talented and, once he gets going, he gets going," the world number one said.

"He plays very aggressively and, as we all know, he can shoot good numbers."